dramatize
verb
dra·ma·tize
ˈdra-mə-ˌtīz 
ˈdrä-
ˈdrä-
dramatized; dramatizing
1
: to adapt (something, such as a novel) for theatrical presentation
2
: to present or represent in a dramatic manner
Examples of dramatize in a Sentence
The movie dramatizes her early life.
The book is dramatized in a new play.
I know I tend to dramatize things but it really was awful.
She cited a series of statistics to dramatize the seriousness of the problem.
This tragedy dramatizes the need for improvements in highway safety.
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In the face of tragedy, Dess’s narrator memorably dramatizes the anxiety-inducing exigencies of the creative arts, and the need of artists to remain focussed on their craft.
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The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The show dramatizes a series of rapes in Washington and Colorado from 2008 to 2011, focusing on a survivor named Marie (Kaitlyn Dever) and the two detectives trying to solve the case, played brilliantly by Toni Collette and Merritt Wever.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
The film dramatizes the very real effects of a group of young men protesting corruption in Nigeria’s government by hiding guns aboard a plane and taking it over in the air.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
This clever, focus-shifting structure allows showrunners Robbins and Sarah Sutherland to dramatize the most lurid, horror-movie aspects of the story without appearing to endorse one version over another.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
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The New Yorker, 24 Mar. 2025
The show dramatizes a series of rapes in Washington and Colorado from 2008 to 2011, focusing on a survivor named Marie (Kaitlyn Dever) and the two detectives trying to solve the case, played brilliantly by Toni Collette and Merritt Wever.
—Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 18 Mar. 2025
The film dramatizes the very real effects of a group of young men protesting corruption in Nigeria’s government by hiding guns aboard a plane and taking it over in the air.
—Keith Langston, People.com, 16 Mar. 2025
This clever, focus-shifting structure allows showrunners Robbins and Sarah Sutherland to dramatize the most lurid, horror-movie aspects of the story without appearing to endorse one version over another.
—Kristen Baldwin, EW.com, 19 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for dramatize
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“Dramatize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dramatize. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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